Payload Dispensing System Particularly Suited for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Abstract

A payload dispensing system and a method of operation thereof are disclosed that comprises an on-board computer, a magazine, and a controller all of which operatively cooperate so that cartridge actuating devices may be selectively activated so that the contents of the payload being carried by an unmanned aerial vehicle can be accurately delivered to a target of interest.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADD019957

Entities

People

  • Eugene P. Rivers Jr

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Automatic Pilots
  • Ballistic Trajectories
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Data Links
  • Ground Control Stations
  • Ground Stations
  • Periodicals
  • Steering
  • Trajectories
  • Unmanned
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • Vehicles
  • Video Cameras
  • Wind

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Electrical Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy